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Floating Heart - Nina Libin

Take 4?-5 yards of 3-ply metallic thread and string: 48-50 seed beads size 11 on one tail for Sh. A; secure with a ¡¥stopper¡¦ bead, then string 75-80 beads on the second tail for Sh. B; secure with a ¡¥stopper¡¦ bead.

Load the shuttles CTM: 1? yard of thread with 50 beads on Sh. A and 3-3? yards with 80 beads on Sh. B. Follow the pattern and the diagram below.

[Note: My font does not permit me to insert the correct number of beads symbols as shown in Nina's original guide below. I have used a photo of it instead.]

Pattern for the Pendant:

Tie the tails and hide them inside beads. Insert FR7 in long beaded picot of R1 (see the picture above).

Sample of up and down beads by Mary Donohue. Pattern for the Neck Chain: You will need about 4-4? yards of the same 3-ply metallic embroidery thread and 38 beads. Important! Make a sample of [??] x 20 to know how many ¡¥half & half¡¦ stitches you need; with my tension 20 stitches make 1?" - 1?"; a comfortable necklace is usually 18" - 20", hence [? ?] x 120 (140) for each half of the Neck Chain, in your pattern they are Lock Chains 2 and 4.

To start the actual Neck chain load 2? yards of thread with 38 beads on the shuttle and leave 1?-2 yards as your ball.

Tie the tails and hide them inside seed beads.

To insert the Neck Chain: - Pull both tails of the Neck Chain through R1 of the finished Pendant from front to back; that will place beaded R3 of the Neck Chain up front. - Loop tails of the Neck Chain through that R3 from back to front and snug. - Attach the clasp to R1 and R5 of the Neck Chain and hide tails inside beads. Courtesy of Nina Libin, nina.libin@gmail.com www.beanile.com